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Reunification of the Korean peninsula at this point will only happen on the terms of the Kim regime in North Korea. The Kim regime will never agree to reunification on the South’s terms:

 President Lee Jae Myung said Sunday reunification with North Korea remains South Korea’s ultimate goal and a constitutional duty, vowing to pursue it through dialogue rather than unilateral action.

Lee, in Johannesburg for the Group of 20 summit, made the remarks in a written interview with Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, published ahead of his state visit to Ankara.

“Reunification remains our ultimate goal and is not merely an ideal but a constitutional duty. Our government will not pursue reunification through a unilateral approach,” Lee said in the translated interview. 

“Our government seeks gradual and phased reunification through peaceful coexistence and mutual development, reflecting the democratic will of all people on the Korean Peninsula,” he added.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but as long as the Kim regime remains in power there will never be reunification “reflecting the democratic will of all people on the Korean Peninsula” when there is no democracy in North Korea. If Lee really wanted reunification he would be working to undermine the Kim regime and sustain it. The ROK had its chance 20-30 years ago to seek reunification on their terms and instead the Korean left pushed the Sunshine Policy that sustained the Kim regime and led to the nuclear threat they now face.

#KimIlSung: "Reunifying our divided country is the highest national duty and the most important revolutionary task for our Party and people."

Q. Could Kim have meant reunification

a. On Seoul's terms?
b. On his terms?
c. Per pan-peninsular public opinion?
d. On UN terms?

— Sung-Yoon Lee (@SungYoonLee1) March 11, 2019

Liam Neeson Donates Symbolic Sum for Korean Reunification – https://t.co/WaUuMP1j9e

— Korea Noodles (@Korea_Noodles) December 25, 2015

I guess the good news is that if you take the Chinese government at their word they are not planning to send troops into downtown Seoul again to destroy the ROK.  On the other hand I think everyone knows peaceful reunification is never going to happen as long as the Kim regime remains in power in North Korea:

President Park Geun-hye on Friday said South Korea and China could quickly begin various discussions on how to achieve a peaceful unification between South and North Korea.

“Peaceful unification is the fundamental and the quickest way to resolve nuclear and other issues,” Park said in a press gaggle aboard Air Force One on the way back to Seoul from a trip to China, referring to tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Tensions persist on the divided peninsula over the North’s pursuit of its missile and nuclear weapons program. The communist country has a track record of staging provocations against South Korea.

The North — which conducted three nuclear tests — has repeatedly vowed to develop its economy and nuclear arsenal in tandem, viewing its nuclear programs as a powerful deterrent against what it claims is Washington’s hostile policy against it.

South Korea “would cooperate with China for a peaceful unification,” Park said. “Various discussions could begin as soon as possible on how to achieve a peaceful unification.” She did not provide a specific time frame.  [Korea Herald]

You can read more at the link.